DePaul

BE · 2025–26 · Raw net rank 163 · Raw net 1.0 · Tempo 67.7 · 32 Division I games · Through 2026-03-11

Record: 16–16; 16 wins
AdjNet: 3.8β; rank 114 of 365
AdjO: 105.7β; rank 232 of 365
AdjD: 102.0β; rank 45 of 365
AdjT: 67.5β
SOS: 3.8β; rank 89 of 363
NCSOS: -8.8β
WAB: -5.6β; rank 119 of 363
RR: 0.6β
Exp. W: 15.4β

Scouting Report

Scouting report with national ranks
Category	Offense	Defense	D-I Average
Efficiency
Efficiency / 100 poss.	103.7276	102.751	108.5
Four Factors
Effective FG%	49.8242	49.377	51.4
TO / 100 poss.	17.8256	18.667	16.7
Offensive rebound %	30.0198	31.1208	30.6
FTA / FGA %	35.3169	37.8257	35.0
Shooting
3P%	32.5255	35.4273	33.9
2P%	50.5236	47.336	51.7
FT%	69.2295	71.5124	72.5
Style
3PA / FGA %	39.0	33.9	39.5
Assists / FGM %	60.9	57.5	52.6
Blocks / opp. 2PA %	9.5	10.9	9.5
Point Distribution
3-pointers %	30.7	28.7	31.4
2-pointers %	49.6	49.8	48.8
Free throws %	19.7	21.5	19.8

Best · Median · Worst · Mark: further right is a better national rank, of 365 teams.

Rotation Depth

Effective Rotation Size: 8.9
Top Three Share of Minutes: 42%
Bench Share of Minutes: 32%
Players with Logged Minutes: 13

Bench: players outside the top five in minutes. Definitions

Schedule and Results

Schedule and results
Date	Opponent	Result	Poss.	Site	Record
11-03	Chicago St.	W 92–62	72.8	Home	1–0
11-07	Stonehill	W 72–64	75.9	Home	2–0
11-11	Buffalo	L 53–66	67.7	Home	2–1
11-14	Northwestern	L 79–81	67.6	Home	2–2
11-18	Gardner-Webb	W 93–62	79.4	Home	3–2
11-23	Detroit Mercy	W 95–75	67.2	Home	4–2
11-28	Georgia Tech	W 75–61	66.9	Neutral	5–2
11-29	LSU	L 63–96	69.1	Neutral	5–3
12-06	Ark.-Pine Bluff	W 76–72	73.9	Home	6–3
12-09	Morgan St.	W 92–49	67.7	Home	7–3
12-13	Wichita St.	W 61–58	63.0	Away	8–3
12-16	St. John's (NY)	L 66–79	70.2	Away	8–4
12-21	UConn	L 54–72	68.3	Home	8–5
12-31	Villanova	L 66–71	66.7	Away	8–6
01-03	Xavier	W 86–77	68.7	Home	9–6
01-06	Georgetown	W 56–50	66.3	Home	10–6
01-10	UConn	L 60–72	64.6	Away	10–7
01-16	Marquette	W 80–75	64.7	Home	11–7
01-20	Butler	L 80–87	71.8	Away	11–8
01-24	Seton Hall	W 67–60	66.6	Home	12–8
01-28	Georgetown	L 61–70	59.0	Away	12–9
01-31	Xavier	L 66–68	63.8	Away	12–10
02-03	St. John's (NY)	L 56–68	65.6	Home	12–11
02-07	Providence	L 72–90	71.5	Away	12–12
02-11	Creighton	W 72–71	61.9	Home	13–12
02-18	Seton Hall	W 69–57	64.7	Away	14–12
02-21	Providence	L 68–71	67.2	Home	14–13
02-25	Creighton	W 72–71	65.0	Away	15–13
03-01	Marquette	W 62–51	63.2	Away	16–13
03-04	Villanova	L 57–76	70.3	Home	16–14
03-07	Butler	L 71–81	73.4	Home	16–15
03-11	Georgetown	L 56–63	62.9	Neutral	16–16

Roster · 13 players

Player logs in 32 of 32 team games

Team roster, per game
Column groups	Minutes			Per Game							Shooting									Last Five Team Games
Player	G	MPG	Team Min%	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	2P	2P%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	eFG%	TS%	FTA/FGA	G	MPG	Min%	Pts/G
Layden Blocker	32	28:57	72.4%	11.1	2.5	3.5	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.8	74–193	38.3%	35–110	31.8%	101–122	82.8%	41.7%	49.6%	40.3%	5	25:31 −3:25	63.8%	8.8 −2.3
RJ Smith	32	27:34	68.9%	6.6	2.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.8	34–74	45.9%	37–120	30.8%	33–44	75.0%	46.1%	49.7%	22.7%	5	21:16 −6:18	53.2%	2.8 −3.8
CJ Gunn	32	27:34	68.9%	13.1	3.7	1.9	1.1	0.6	1.9	2.8	97–212	45.8%	56–171	32.7%	58–80	72.5%	47.3%	50.2%	20.9%	5	25:52 −1:42	64.7%	8.6 −4.5
N.J. Benson	32	25:56	64.8%	11.7	7.6	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.3	1.7	159–247	64.4%	0–3	0.0%†	56–111	50.5%	63.6%	62.6%	44.4%	5	30:56 +5:00	77.3%	14.2 +2.5
Brandon Maclin	29	27:24	62.1%	10.5	4.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	1.8	2.3	83–167	49.7%	22–72	30.6%	73–105	69.5%	48.5%	53.5%	43.9%	5	33:03 +5:39	82.6%	13.6 +3.1
Kruz McClure	28	18:31	40.5%	5.0	1.4	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.7	15–42	35.7%	23–77	29.9%	40–54	74.1%	41.6%	48.7%	45.4%	5	23:46 +5:15	59.4%	5.2 +0.2
Kaleb Banks	31	16:10	39.2%	5.6	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.0	34–62	54.8%	22–62	35.5%	40–54	74.1%	54.0%	58.9%	43.5%	5	14:49 −1:21	37.1%	4.4 −1.2
Théo Pierre-Justin	30	15:33	36.4%	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.4	17–37	45.9%	25–63	39.7%	11–18	61.1%†	54.5%	55.6%	18.0%	5	15:52 +0:19	39.7%	4.8 +0.8
Fabian Flores	28	10:37	23.2%	2.9	2.9	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.6	32–47	68.1%†	0–0	—	16–25	64.0%	68.1%†	69.0%†	53.2%†	5	6:44 −3:53	16.9%	1.2 −1.7
Ilija Milijasevic	16	7:08	8.9%	2.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.7	0–0	—	10–28	35.7%†	3–4	75.0%†	53.6%†	55.4%†	14.3%†	1	7:47 +0:39	3.9%	0.0 −2.1
Jeremy LorenzFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	9	10:31	7.4%	2.2	1.8	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.9	2.1	6–9	66.7%†	0–1	0.0%†	8–16	50.0%†	60.0%†	58.7%†	160.0%†	—	—	—	—
Khaman MakerUnder 100 minutes	12	5:35	5.2%	1.3	1.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.3	7–14	50.0%†	0–0	—	1–4	25.0%†	50.0%†	47.6%†	28.6%†	—	—	—	—
Nate KasherFew gamesUnder 100 minutes	5	1:34	0.6%	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0–1	0.0%†	0–0	—	2–2	100.0%†	0.0%†	53.2%†	200.0%†	1	0:32 −1:02	0.3%	0.0 −0.4
Team, games with logs · per game	32 games			70.3	33.3	15.0	not published	3.5	12.0	not published	558–1105	50.5%	230–707	32.5%	442–639	69.2%	49.8%	53.7%	35.3%
Sum of players				70.3	30.2	15.0	6.9	3.4	11.2	17.9	Shooting residuals: see Player Lines Against Team Totals.
Residual: team minus players				0.0	+3.0	0.0	not published	+0.0	+0.9	not published

G: logged games. Team Min%: share of team minutes on court (40 per game plus overtime). 2P, 3P and FT show made–attempted. † Few attempts: under 100 FGA, 50 3PA or 25 FTA. Few G: under 10 games. <100 min: under 100 minutes. Last Five Team Games columns show change from the season value and hide on narrow screens.

Speculative Compensation · 2025–26β

Estimated share of the school's revenue-sharing budget for men's basketball. Not observed pay.

Team Pool: $3.25M; 80% Range $1.80M to $5.75M
Tier: Big East and Gonzaga; low evidence
Team Pool, Scenarios Z1 to Z4: $3.15M to $3.30M; Scenario medians
Players with Figures: 13; 3 floor only

Players in possession-share order
Player	Poss. Share	Speculative Best Guess	80% Range	Median % of Team Pool	Scenarios Z1 to Z4	Floor Part	Evidence and Flags
Layden Blocker	73.4%	$375K	$105K to $785K	12.8%	$365K to $385K	$24K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
CJ Gunn	69.9%	$350K	$110K to $700K	12.0%	$340K to $355K	$24K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
RJ Smith	69.1%	$585K	$285K to $1.25M	17.2%	$570K to $600K	$24K	Sufficient evidence
N.J. Benson	65.5%	$555K	$280K to $1.10M	16.0%	$540K to $565K	$24K	Sufficient evidence
Brandon Maclin	63.3%	$355K	$105K to $730K	11.7%	$345K to $360K	$24K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Kaleb Banks	39.4%	$210K	$62K to $435K	7.2%	$205K to $215K	$24K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Kruz McClure	39.0%	$150K	$26K to $350K	5.4%	$145K to $155K	$24K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Théo Pierre-Justin	36.3%	$145K	$29K to $335K	5.3%	$145K to $150K	$24K	Sufficient evidenceRange driven by assumption, not data
Fabian Flores	22.6%	$205K	$98K to $445K	5.9%	$200K to $210K	$24K	Sufficient evidence
Ilija Milijasevic	9.0%	$70K	$33K to $135K	2.3%	$68K to $71K	$24K	Limited evidence
Jeremy Lorenz	6.5%	$24K	$12K to $47K	0.8%	$23K to $24K	$24K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimate
Khaman Maker	5.3%	$24K	$12K to $47K	0.8%	$23K to $24K	$24K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimate
Nate Kasher	0.6%	$24K	$12K to $47K	0.8%	$23K to $24K	$24K	Floor only: below 300 possessions, no value estimate
Team Pool	—	$3.25M	$1.80M to $5.75M	100%	$3.15M to $3.30M	—

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School Finances · School-Reported (EADA)

Self-reported to the U.S. Department of Education. Expenses cover coaching, travel, aid and operations, not player pay.

School-reported finances, 2024-25, DePaul University (NCAA Division I without football)
Measure	School-Reported Amount	Note
Men's basketball revenue	$12,746,533	Equals expenses (budget identity)
Men's basketball expenses	$12,746,533
Athletics department expenses	$47,676,134
Athletics department revenue	$47,676,134

Team Totalsβ

Season per game, 32 games, 2,167 possessions. Observed box-score sums, unadjusted. Definitions

Team and opponent season totals
Statistic	Team	Opponents
Points	70.3	69.6
Field goals made	24.6	24.0
Field goals attempted	56.6	55.4
3-pointers made	7.2	6.7
3-pointers attempted	22.1	18.8
Free throws made	13.8	15.0
Free throws attempted	20.0	20.9
Offensive rebounds	10.3	10.3
Defensive rebounds	23.0	23.9
Total rebounds	33.3	34.3
Assists	15.0	13.8
Blocks	3.5	3.8
Turnovers	12.0	12.6
Steals	No team figure. Players sum to 221.
Personal fouls	No team figure. Players sum to 573.
Minutes (derived)	200.0	not published

32 of 32 games have player logs. Residual is team total minus sum of players. Team rebounds and team turnovers have no player owner, so a residual is expected. Definitions

Player lines against team totals
Statistic	Status	Team Total, Logged Games	Sum of Players	Residual	Tolerance	Team Total, Games Without Logs
Points	Reconciled	2,248	2,248	0	±11.2	0
Field goals made	Reconciled	788	788	0	±3.9	0
Field goals attempted	Reconciled	1,812	1,812	0	±9.1	0
3-pointers made	Reconciled	230	230	0	±2.0	0
3-pointers attempted	Reconciled	707	707	0	±3.5	0
Free throws made	Reconciled	442	442	0	±2.2	0
Free throws attempted	Reconciled	639	639	0	±3.2	0
Offensive rebounds	No player split	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published
Defensive rebounds	No player split	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published
Total rebounds	Residual shown	1,064	967	+97	±85.1	0
Assists	Reconciled	480	480	0	±2.4	0
Blocks	Reconciled	111	110	+1	±2.0	0
Turnovers	Residual shown	385	357	+28	±11.5	0
Steals	No team figure	not published	221	not published	not published	not published
Personal fouls	No team figure	not published	573	not published	not published	not published
Minutes (derived)	Reconciled	6,400	6,382	+18.1	±128.0	0

Model-Implied Player Valueβ

Ranges are the 10th to 90th percentile of whole-game resampling draws. They are not calibrated intervals.

Open circle: limited evidence. Filled circle: sufficient evidence. Line: zero. No graphic: insufficient evidence.

Net points per 100 possessions, in possession-share order.
Player	Poss. Share	Net and Rangeβ
Layden Blocker	73.4%	+0.9range -0.3 to +2.1Sufficient evidence
CJ Gunn	69.9%	+0.7range -0.2 to +1.9Sufficient evidence
RJ Smith	69.1%	+2.3range +1.2 to +3.7Sufficient evidence
N.J. Benson	65.5%	+2.3range +1.3 to +3.3Sufficient evidence
Brandon Maclin	63.3%	+1.0range -0.3 to +2.5Sufficient evidence
Kaleb Banks	39.4%	+0.8range -0.4 to +1.9Sufficient evidence
Kruz McClure	39.0%	-0.2range -1.4 to +1.4Sufficient evidence
Théo Pierre-Justin	36.3%	-0.0range -1.4 to +1.3Sufficient evidence
Fabian Flores	22.6%	+2.2range +1.2 to +3.5Sufficient evidence
Ilija Milijasevic	9.0%	+1.0range +0.0 to +2.0Limited evidence
Jeremy Lorenz	6.5%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence
Khaman Maker	5.3%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence
Nate Kasher	0.6%	Fewer than 300 on-court possessions; no value is estimated. Insufficient evidence

Team Aggregate of Player Values, 2026β

Summary of the player values below. Split role: descriptive: not used in fit or gates. Model nil-value-v3. Definitions · NIL Methodology

Average value over five on-court slots, net points per 100 possessions: +10.4range +9.6 to +11.2Sufficient evidence

200 joint draws. The range is the 10th to 90th percentile. Player ranges cannot be added.

10 valued players hold 97.5% of on-court time. 3 without a value (under 300 possessions) hold 2.5%, counted at replacement level -9.5. Limited-evidence players hold 1.8%.

NIL Methodology · Scheduling and Model-Implied Value